Currents Archive
Currents Archive
Currents is a sparkplug for communication between NOAO and our community. It provides updates—and solicits community input—on NOAO observing opportunities and NOAO programs and policies on a more rapid timescale than is possible with the NOAO Newsletter.
Current Issue
From the NOAO Director: Strong Science in the Face of Budget Challenges
NOAO Director David Silva describes the clash between the vibrant scientific landscape of the NOAO community and the continuing contraction of the NOAO budget. NOAO has taken steps to meet this challenge without reducing open access observing time on our facilities. Numerous cuts have been made, including personnel reductions in all skill areas. The greatest impact of these actions is on instrumentation development. As described in this article, the resulting NOAO program will continue to produce high science impact over the next three to five years while also supporting projects that will continue this trajectory into the future.
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Previous Issues
- February 2012 • Issue 21
- January 2012 • Issue 20
- December 2011 • Issue 19
- November 2011 • Issue 18
- October 2011 • Issue 17
- August 2011 • Issue 16
- December 2010 • Issue 15
- August 2010 • Issue 14
- May 2010 • Issue 13
- February 2010 • Issue 12
- November 2009 • Issue 11
- October 2009 • Issue 10
- August 2009 • Issue 9
- February 2009 • Issue 8
- December 2008 • Issue 7
- October 2008 • Issue 6
- August 2008 • Issue 5
- July 2008 • Issue 4
- May 2008 • Issue 3
- April 2008 • Issue 2
- February 2008 • Issue 1
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Currents is a sparkplug for communication between NOAO and our community. It provides updates—and solicits community input—on NOAO observing opportunities and NOAO programs and policies on a more rapid timescale than is possible with the NOAO Newsletter.
NOAO is the national center for ground-based nighttime astronomy in the United States and is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.